Paul Merson states his prediction for Tottenham v Man City

Lorena Waters

Pochettino's most recent encounters with Guardiola do not make for such good reading, with City running out 4-1 and 3-1 winners last season on their way to a dominant title triumph.

Guardiola now concedes that match was a harsh lesson to him about the realities of the Premier League although he believes Spurs have been hampered by a season-and-a-half away from their home ground. "There's no Kyle Walker anymore, the fact that Dembele is not the player he was".

"These are important. I don't know what's happened in the past but it's true that the strong teams are making a lot of points, they are not dropping points easily". Whereas, all the other teams have.

City manager Pep Guardiola insists he is unbothered by the prospect, but it will certainly be in his thoughts when he selects a starting line-up and if they lose it could well be an excuse he draws upon.

"I still believe it's very hard to strengthen that starting 11 of Tottenham when everyone's fit".

"I am disappointed we are still waiting for the new stadium when the expectation was to be there at the beginning of the season", he said.

Back then they were calmer times and now a month later and now there are plenty of long faces and worry.

"I think timing is so important in football and timing is going to be cruel on this Tottenham team".

With rivals such as City, Liverpool and Arsenal strengthening heavily, Spurs have an even tougher task on their hands this time around to qualify for next season's Champions League.

But Pochettino said that he is feeling worse than ever since he has been at the club. It's not a case now of just admiring glances - the job is his if he wants it.

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"It was not the plan to be at Wembley, different things can happen like the National Football League games and you cannot change the date and we need to accept that as reality and not complain".

Lambo added: 'It'll be hard for Pep Guardiola's side to play their style of football (after we've played on the pitch), the way that they want to play'.

"When we see the game against Inter in the Champions League or the last game in PSV they were better than the opponent".

A victory for Spurs, however, completely disrupts the dynamic as well as the status quo as Spurs would go above City in the table, pushing City down to 5th provided the rest of the top 5 win their matches.

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